Let's put it this way, during the 1930's Great Depression, many pulp writers got rich off of writing escapist stories and novels at pulp speed. No matter how broke a person was, they always seemed to come up with the few pennies it cost for a new edition of a pulp magazine. It's a form of cheap entertainment after all. Today, we have inexpensive eBooks to offer the out-of-work and the desperate person who wishes to escape the misery of this economic downturn.
The primary difference between then and now is our dramatic shift in perception....which is to say our present collective confusion in how to effectively engage life, vs. being bored and looking for distraction / entertainment. We're that much worse off today.
Put another way, people of this time are looking for genuine meaning even if they do not know what that means or where to find it. What a tremendous opportunity for well intentioned writers to inspire their potential audience and thereby gain a following. This is the present gap in the market.
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The primary difference between then and now is our dramatic shift in perception....which is to say our present collective confusion in how to effectively engage life, vs. being bored and looking for distraction / entertainment. We're that much worse off today.
Put another way, people of this time are looking for genuine meaning even if they do not know what that means or where to find it. What a tremendous opportunity for well intentioned writers to inspire their potential audience and thereby gain a following. This is the present gap in the market.